Pops Mohamed
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Biography
Ismail Mohamed-Jan, also known as Pops Mohamed, was born on December 10, 1949, in Benoni, Gauteng, was a South African multiâinstrumentalist, jazz musician, and music producer. As a teenager, he joined The Valiants and later the group Childrenâs Society, scoring the hit "I'm a Married Man". In the 1990s, he released solo albums such as Sophiatown Society (1991), which earned a nomination for the OKTV Best Jazz Album award, and How Far Have We Come ? (1997), blending San music with township styles. He collaborated with Basil Coetzee, Sipho Gumede, and Moses Taiwa Molelekwa, producing the awardâwinning Finding Oneâs Self. In 2023, he received the South African Music Awards Lifetime Achievement Award and died in 2025.
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Albums
Top Tracks
- Track Popularity
- How Far Have We Come?
- Gauteng Vibes featuring Pops Mohamed
- Kort Street Bump Jive featuring Pops Mohamed
- Exodus
- Jimba, Jimba
- Mbira Shuffle
- Quandodo (God Help Us)
- Namibia
- N'Abe
- Never Again
- Remember Cato Manor by Pops Mohamed
- Kalamazoo
- Khoisan
- The Spirit
- What's Your Name Girl? by Sipho Gumede
